Sunday, February 29, 2004
Yesterday was apparently meant to make me appreciate Wednesday and Thursday. I only managed to write 500 words (exactly 500, mind you) on "Rappaccini's Dragon." I think the last time a short story was this obstinate was...well, not so long ago as I'd like to think.
Yesterday evening, I did some minor adjustments and updates on Nebari.Net.
Today is a scheduled day-off, which I will spend gaming with friends. Tonight, of course, are the Academy Awards, which I've only missed once in the last fifteen years or so. As I've said in the blog before, I'm awful at predicting winners, so I prefer to list who I'd like to see win. My wishes are as follows:
Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best Animated Feature: Finding Nemo
Best Actor: Bill Murray, Lost in Translation (It would be too cool to see Bill Murray accepting an Oscar.)
Best Actress: Charlize Theron, Monster (This one's a no-brainer.)
Best Direction: Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best Supporting Actor: Ken Watanabe, The Last Samurai (A crime this film was not nominated for Best Picture, and that Cruise was not nominated for Best Actor.)
Best Supporting Actress: Yawn. Sorry, but this years choices leave me indifferent.
Best Cinematography: Russell Boyd, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Best Costume Design: Ngila Dickson, The Last Samurai (A hard choice, as Master and Commander and The Return of the King are also up.)
Best Film Editing: Lee Smith, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Best Foreign Language Film: The Barbarian Invasions
Best Make-up: Richard Taylor and Peter King, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best Original Score: Howard Shore, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best Song: Fran Walsh, Howard Shore, Annie Lennox, "Into the West," The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best Visual Effects: Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Duh.)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best Original Screenplay: Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds; Original Story by Andrew Stanton, Finding Nemo (This category is a bit of a joke this year.)
Best Picture: Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Producers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Most Slighted Films of the Year: Kill Bill: Volume One, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, and The Last Samurai.
Now, let's see how indifferent the universe is to my wishes...
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